FED 5B (1975-1990)

FED 5B (1975-1990)

#413

This photo is from the copy I own

History and technical features 

Development of the Fed-3 (b), new winding lever, rewind crank. Accesory shoe screwed on top of top plate, rather than in a depression.

Source: sovietcams.com

Now I know I’m really crazy. This is the very camera about which I said “I know it’s got a great lens but it’s just so UGLY!” At the time I couldn’t imagine anyone actually walking around with one in public. I’ve looked at it enough now that it’s grown on me considerably — while it’s not exactly a handsome camera, it’s more agreeable in person than pictures suggest. How’s that for a compliment? This is the basic 5B, there is another version of the 5 with an uncoupled selenium light meter. There is also a model year variation with different Cyrillic lettering on the nameplate and gridded pleather covering like the FED 3B that is even less attractive than this model. Note – though this model is commonly referred to as a 5B the letter is really equivalent to an English V, so you will see it referred to as a 5V by native Russian speakers.

Where the FED 3B feels like a solid shooter, the 5 feels like a cheap knock-off. The body is slightly taller but it weighs about the same, and feels noticeably cheesier, like it’s made of cheaper or thinner metal. Even the lens mount feels a little cheap. Aluminum instead of steel? Maybe. Odd about the extra height, I can see about 1/4″ of space under that tall top cap, wonder if it was simply to make room for the hot shoe wires or some other manufacturing shortcut? At any rate, of the series, this is definitely the FED to take to the muddy soccer game in the rain, the one to schlep to the windy beach for those lovely sunset shots when you’d leave a more collectible camera at home.

See my other FEDs and the Links below for the background on this beast, it does indeed have a great lens and that’s really the bottom line. Touted as the best Russian-made LTM lens ever, the rare-earth impregnated Industar-61 L/D came standard on the FED 4 and 5. The common sentiment is that for the price what you’re getting is a world-class lens with an ugly camera-shaped rear lens cap. I haven’t used it enough myself to say whether I think it’s better than the earlier Industar-61 or the Industar-26M, which are both excellent.

I’ll skip the somewhat sordid history of the FED. Suffice it to say that the FED factory in Kharkov was an orphanage-turned-work-commune named for Felix E. Dzerzhinsky, founder of the original Soviet Secret Police. It’s a very interestsing story, and you can read all about it on this excellent page, just make sure to come back when you’re done (I love that site!). Oh and put your wallet away or you’ll find yourself off bidding on FEDs before you know it. One FED is never enough!

Source: mattsclassiccameras.com


Specifications

Produced 1977-199? FED, Kharkov, Ukraine
Film type 135 (35mm)
Picture size 24 x 36mm
Weight 1 lb, 9.4oz (720g) with normal lens
Lens LTM 39mm Industar 61L/D 55mm 1:2.8-16
Filter size 40.5mm
Focal range 1m to infinity
Viewfinder coupled rangefinder
Exposure meter none
Shutter double cloth curtain
Shutter speeds B, 1 – 1/500
Diopter correction ring
Self-timer
Hot shoe and PC sync connection

Source: mattsclassiccameras.com

Produced: 1975-1990
Name: „ФЭД-5B“
Producer: FED
Frame size: 24x36
Lens: Industar-61L/D  2.8/53.
Shutter: 1s, 1/2s, 1/4s, 1/8s, 1/15s, 1/30s, 1/60s, 1/125s, 1/250s, 1/500s + B.
Quantity: ±1.500.000 units.
Original price (in year 1986) 67 roubles.

Source: sovietcams.com


Model

Serial number 094685


Reference sites

casualphotophile.com

mattsclassiccameras.com

sovietcams.com


Manual

English manual #1

English manual #2


Film


Pictures taken with this machine


Videos

FED-5 (1977-1996)

FED-5 (1977-1996)

#203

Esta fotografia é do exemplar que possuo

Características

The FED-5 (often marked in cyrillic, with several variations of font, ФЭД 5 {upper-case} or фэд 5 {lower-case}) is a 35mm rangefinder camera produced by the FED factory in the Ukrainian city of Kharkov from 1977 until 1996.

The FED-5 is an updated FED-4, with cleaner lines to the top, a pop-up rewind knob in place of the thumb-wheel, a hot shoe, restyled film reminder/frame counter and meter rings, and the meter scale repositioned and converted from a match-needle to an EV-scaled device where the user manually transfers the meter reading to the calculator.

There are 7 types and 10 sub-types of the FED-5.

Fonte: Camerapedia


This camera was a cosmetic redesign of the FED-4. Although there was very little change to the overall camera it looks much better than its' predecessor. The meter is very well integrated into the top deck with the rewind knob now in the center of the meter dial. The camera also has a hot shoe as well as a flash jack. The few variations existing, the export model and the 1980 Moscow Games

Produced: 1977-1990

Development of the Fed-4 (b), but with specifications of the Fed-5B. Retractable rewind knob. Lens I-61L/D 2.8/55.

Black letters on the white face plate or vice versa. Different body coverings and nameplate markings.

Original price (in year 1986) 77 roubles.

Fonte: Sovietcams


Especificações

• Lens: standard lens Industar-61 L/D 53mm f/2.8 (ИНДУСТАР-61 Л/Д), interchangeable, 39mm Leica screw mount, filter size 40.5mm [6]
• Aperture: f/2.8 - f /22 setting: ring and scale on the lens
• Focus range: 1-20m +infinity 
• Focusing: matching yellow rangefinder images in the viewfinder
• Shutter : rubberized silk double cloth curtain, horizontaly moving focal-plane shutter
• Speeds: 1-1/500 +B [7] 
• Cocking lever: also winds the film, short stroke, retractable, on the right of the top plate
• Frame counter: coupled with the cocking lever, advance type, auto-resets
• Viewfinder: coupled viewfinder/rangefinder, w/ Diopter correction ring, around eyepiece
• Exposure meter: uncoupled Selenium cell sensor, metering by a needle window on the top-plate
• Exposure setting: Set the film speed on the large dial. Even though the speeds on the dial are in GOST, just set the ASA value; Point the camera to the scene you want to photograph; Look through the light meter window to see which number the needle indicates; Turn the light meter dial until the silver number underneath corresponds with the number from needle window; Read off the suitable shutter speed and aperture combinations and set the camera accordingly
• Re-winding : a pop-up small chrome knob at the centre of the exposure / ASA(GOST) setting dial, push and turn to left for pop-up
• Self-timer: activates with a small knob above it
• Flash PC sync socket, flash sync up to 1/30s
• Hot-shoe
• Memory dial: on the knob of the cocking lever
• Back cover: removable with the bottom plate, opens by two pop-up semi-circle levers on the bottom plate
• Tripod socket: 1/4"
• Engravings on the back of the top plate: СДЕЛАНО В СССР ( SDELANO V SSSR = MADE IN USSR)
• Weight: 720g 

Fonte: Camerapedia

• Made in factory FED
• Type of camera Rangefinder
• Series of camera FED
• Type of lenses Screw M39 Leica fit
• Camera made from 1977 to 1996
• Produced pieces Unknown
• Rarity R1
• Other description
• Frame size 24X36mm
• Shutter speeds: 1sec, 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, 1/15, 1/30, 1/60, 1/125, 1/250, 1/500 of a second and "B".
• Lenses: Industar-61L/D(2.8/55mm)
• Relative aperture: f/2.8
• Diaphragm scale from 2.8 to 16
• Focusing, m: 1 to infinite
• Updated model of the FED-4

Fonte: Fotoua


Modelo

A minha tem o n.º de série 231654.


Sítios de referência

Camerapedia
Fotoua
Sovietcams


Manual

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Manual em Inglês (versão 1)
Manual em Inglês (versão 2)


Filme

Fujicolor C200/24

Fotografias tiradas com esta máquina

FED-5 (1977-1996) sample 1

FED-5 (1977-1996) sample 2

FED-5 (1977-1996) sample 3

Vídeos

Zorky S (1955-1958)

Zorky S (1955-1958)

Esta fotografia é do exemplar que possuo.

Características

Zorki S is a 35mm film rangefinder camera manufactured by KMZ, and produced between 1955-58, with quantity 473000. Зоркий C = Zorki S, "S" means "Sinchro".

It was a redesign of the Zorki 1, with altered top and with flash sync added. The Zorki 2S was a Zorki S with a self-timer added.

There are 8 types and 7 sub-types of Zorki S.

• Lens: Industar-50 50mm f/3.5 (ИНДУСТАР) collapsable
• Lens mount: M39 screw
• Aperture: f/3.5 - f/16, setting: ring and scale on front of the lens
• Focus range: 1.2-20m +inf
• Other standard lens is Industar-22, 50mm f/3.5
• Shutter: focal-plane double cloth shutter, horizontaly moving
• Speeds: 1/25-1/500 +B [2]
• Focusing lever locks on infinity
• Winding knob: also cocks the shutter
• Frame counter: decreasing type, manual reset, beneath the cocking knob
• Viewfinder: simple reverse telescope finder, eye-piece on the right of the rangefinder eyepiece
• Rangefinder: eye-piece is on the back left side of the top plate, yellow rangefinder images, very small
• Re-wind release: turn the shutter release knob to Л
• Cold-shoe
• Flash PC socket: on front of the camera
• Tripod socket: 3/8"
• Film loading: bottom loading, bottom plate opens by a pop-up lever on it,
• Engravings around the opening ring: ЗAКР - ОTKP (Zakr-Otkr = Close-Open). ОTKP is an abbreviation for ОТКРЫТЫЙ
• Take up spool: Special removable type
• Body: metal; Weight: 509g
• Serial no.first two digits show the production year

Fonte: Camerapedia

One camera collector quipped that a Zorki C looks like a Zorki 1 that was "beaten with an ugly stick." The "C" has a taller finder to accomodate the flash sychronizer. The rewind switch is now a collar around the shutter release instead of a seperate lever. It doesn't have a self-timer. Some of camera bodies are covered with ribbed nylon instead of vulcanite and come in several colors. 472,702 were manufactured from 1955 to 1958.

Fonte: Swcornell.com


Modelo

A minha parece ser do tipo 3d. Tem o número de série 56008422, o que a coloca em 1956.

lens	Industar-50(Zorki)
the type made from	1956 to 1958
example of number
minimum found number	56007375
maximum found number	58070499
Produced pieces	Unknown
Rarity	R1
Distinctive features of type
Usual finish style of heads

Fonte: Fotoua

Esta câmara não trazia a objectiva original. Traz uma Industar-61 L/D 2.8/55 com o n.º de série 8399165.

Manual

Manual em inglês


Sítios de referência

Camerapedia
cameras.alfredklomp.com
Fotoua
MattsClassicCameras
r-kobus.eu
Swcornell.com

Reparação:

Zorki S repair
Zorki S disassembly


Vídeos

FED-5 (1977-1996) Olympic edition

Fed-5 Olympic edition

Esta fotografia é do exemplar que possuo.

Características

The FED-5 (often marked in cyrillic, with several variations of font, ФЭД 5 {upper-case} or фэд 5 {lower-case}) is a 35mm rangefinder camera produced by the FED factory in the Ukrainian city of Kharkov from 1977 until 1996.

The FED-5 is an updated FED-4, with cleaner lines to the top, a pop-up rewind knob in place of the thumb-wheel, a hot shoe, restyled film reminder/frame counter and meter rings, and the meter scale repositioned and converted from a match-needle to an EV-scaled device where the user manually transfers the meter reading to the calculator.

There are 7 types and 10 sub-types of the FED-5.

Specifications

• Lens: standard lens Industar-61 L/D 53mm f/2.8 (ИНДУСТАР-61 Л/Д), interchangeable, 39mm Leica screw mount, filter size 40.5mm [6]
• Aperture: f/2.8 - f /22 setting: ring and scale on the lens
• Focus range: 1-20m +infinity 
• Focusing: matching yellow rangefinder images in the viewfinder
• Shutter : rubberized silk double cloth curtain, horizontaly moving focal-plane shutter
• Speeds: 1-1/500 +B [7] 
• Cocking lever: also winds the film, short stroke, retractable, on the right of the top plate
• Frame counter: coupled with the cocking lever, advance type, auto-resets
• Viewfinder: coupled viewfinder/rangefinder, w/ Diopter correction ring, around eyepiece
• Exposure meter: uncoupled Selenium cell sensor, metering by a needle window on the top-plate
• Exposure setting: Set the film speed on the large dial. Even though the speeds on the dial are in GOST, just set the ASA value; Point the camera to the scene you want to photograph; Look through the light meter window to see which number the needle indicates; Turn the light meter dial until the silver number underneath corresponds with the number from needle window; Read off the suitable shutter speed and aperture combinations and set the camera accordingly
• Re-winding : a pop-up small chrome knob at the centre of the exposure / ASA(GOST) setting dial, push and turn to left for pop-up
• Self-timer: activates with a small knob above it
• Flash PC sync socket, flash sync up to 1/30s
• Hot-shoe
• Memory dial: on the knob of the cocking lever
• Back cover: removable with the bottom plate, opens by two pop-up semi-circle levers on the bottom plate
• Tripod socket: 1/4"
• Engravings on the back of the top plate: СДЕЛАНО В СССР ( SDELANO V SSSR = MADE IN USSR)
• Weight: 720g 

Fonte: Camerapedia

Made in factory  FED

Type of camera  Rangefinder

Series of camera  FED

Type of lenses  Screw M39 Leica fit

Camera made from  1977 to 1996

Produced pieces Unknown

Rarity R1

Other description

Frame size 24X36mm

Shutter speeds: 1sec, 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, 1/15, 1/30, 1/60, 1/125, 1/250, 1/500 of a second and "B".

Lenses: Industar-61L/D(2.8/55mm)

Relative aperture: f/2.8

Diaphragm scale from 2.8 to 16

Focusing, m: 1 to infinite

Updated model of the FED-4

Fonte: Fotoua

This camera was a cosmetic redesign of the FED-4. Although there was very little change to the overall camera it looks much better than its' predecessor. The meter is very well integrated into the top deck with the rewind knob now in the center of the meter dial. The camera also has a hot shoe as well as a flash jack. The few variations existing, the export model and the 1980 Moscow Games

Produced: 1977-1990

Development of the Fed-4 (b), but with specifications of the Fed-5B. Retractable rewind knob. Lens I-61L/D  2.8/55.

Black letters on the white face plate or vice versa. Different body coverings and nameplate markings.

Original price (in year 1986) 77 roubles.

Fonte: Sovietcams

Modelo

De acordo com o site Fotoua, a minha é do modelo 2 (CT962):

• Lens Industar-61L/D
• Made from 1979 to 1980
• Produced pieces Unknown
• Rarity R2
• Distinctive features of type: Olympic;
• with Quality label and inscription "made in USSR";

A minha tem o número de série 019768 e a lente tem o número 9306909.

Película

Kodak Kodacolor VR 200 Plus 135/36

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Sites de referência

Alfred Klomp

Camerapedia

Fotoua

Sovietcams

Vídeos

FED-5 (1977-1996)

FED-5

Esta fotografia é do exemplar que possuo.

Características

The FED-5 (often marked in cyrillic, with several variations of font, ФЭД 5 {upper-case} or фэд 5 {lower-case}) is a 35mm rangefinder camera produced by the FED factory in the Ukrainian city of Kharkov from 1977 until 1996.

The FED-5 is an updated FED-4, with cleaner lines to the top, a pop-up rewind knob in place of the thumb-wheel, a hot shoe, restyled film reminder/frame counter and meter rings, and the meter scale repositioned and converted from a match-needle to an EV-scaled device where the user manually transfers the meter reading to the calculator.

There are 7 types and 10 sub-types of the FED-5.

Specifications

• Lens: standard lens Industar-61 L/D 53mm f/2.8 (ИНДУСТАР-61 Л/Д), interchangeable, 39mm Leica screw mount, filter size 40.5mm [6]
• Aperture: f/2.8 - f /22 setting: ring and scale on the lens
• Focus range: 1-20m +infinity 
• Focusing: matching yellow rangefinder images in the viewfinder
• Shutter : rubberized silk double cloth curtain, horizontaly moving focal-plane shutter
• Speeds: 1-1/500 +B [7] 
• Cocking lever: also winds the film, short stroke, retractable, on the right of the top plate
• Frame counter: coupled with the cocking lever, advance type, auto-resets
• Viewfinder: coupled viewfinder/rangefinder, w/ Diopter correction ring, around eyepiece
• Exposure meter: uncoupled Selenium cell sensor, metering by a needle window on the top-plate
• Exposure setting: Set the film speed on the large dial. Even though the speeds on the dial are in GOST, just set the ASA value; Point the camera to the scene you want to photograph; Look through the light meter window to see which number the needle indicates; Turn the light meter dial until the silver number underneath corresponds with the number from needle window; Read off the suitable shutter speed and aperture combinations and set the camera accordingly
• Re-winding : a pop-up small chrome knob at the centre of the exposure / ASA(GOST) setting dial, push and turn to left for pop-up
• Self-timer: activates with a small knob above it
• Flash PC sync socket, flash sync up to 1/30s
• Hot-shoe
• Memory dial: on the knob of the cocking lever
• Back cover: removable with the bottom plate, opens by two pop-up semi-circle levers on the bottom plate
• Tripod socket: 1/4"
• Engravings on the back of the top plate: СДЕЛАНО В СССР ( SDELANO V SSSR = MADE IN USSR)
• Weight: 720g 

Fonte: Camerapedia

Made in factory FED
Type of camera Rangefinder
Series of camera FED
Type of lenses Screw M39 Leica fit
Camera made from 1977 to 1996
Produced pieces Unknown
Rarity R1
Other description
Frame size 24X36mm
Shutter speeds: 1sec, 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, 1/15, 1/30, 1/60, 1/125, 1/250, 1/500 of a second and "B".
Lenses: Industar-61L/D(2.8/55mm)
Relative aperture: f/2.8
Diaphragm scale from 2.8 to 16
Focusing, m: 1 to infinite
Updated model of the FED-4

Fonte: Fotoua

This camera was a cosmetic redesign of the FED-4. Although there was very little change to the overall camera it looks much better than its' predecessor. The meter is very well integrated into the top deck with the rewind knob now in the center of the meter dial. The camera also has a hot shoe as well as a flash jack. The few variations existing, the export model and the 1980 Moscow Games

Produced: 1977-1990

Development of the Fed-4 (b), but with specifications of the Fed-5B. Retractable rewind knob. Lens I-61L/D  2.8/55.

Black letters on the white face plate or vice versa. Different body coverings and nameplate markings.

Original price (in year 1986) 77 roubles.

Fonte: Sovietcams


Modelo

De acordo com o site Fotoua, a minha é do modelo 6a (CT88):

• Lens Industar-61L/D
• The type made from 1991 to 1996
• Minimum found number 072958(3/04/92)
• Maximum found number 848452
• Produced pieces Unknown
• Rarity R1
• Distinctive features of type
• Changed body cover 

A minha tem o número de série 400748 e a lente tem o número 9310873.



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Fotoua
Sovietcams


Vídeos

Zorki 5 (1958)

Zorki 5

Esta fotografia é do exemplar que possuo.

Características

The Zorki-5 comes in two versions. The first one with a square rangefinder window and Industar-50 both collapsible and rigid lens. The second version is very similar to the Zorki-6. With a round rangefinder window and Industar-50 f3.5/50mm lens. It's interesting to mention, that famous KOMETA camera (never was produced in series) initially had ZORKI-5 name!!!
Produced: 1958-1959
Name: „Зоркий-5“
Producer: KMZ
Frame size: 24x36.
Lens: Industar-50 3.5/50.
Shutter: 1/25s, 1/50s, 1/100s, 1/250s, 1/500s + B.

Quantity: 236.502 units (all types).

May exist variant with name engraved in black Cyrillic letters. At least 2 different body coverings.

Fonte: Sovietcams

The Zorki-5 is a 35mm film rangefinder Leica-derived camera, made by KMZ. It was produced from1958 to 1959 with quantity a 236501 units.

The Zorki-5 is a less known Zorki model. Some collectors consider it (and its successor Zorki-6) one of the best Zorki ever made. The Zorki-5 evolved from the Zorki-2S : but with a longer rangefinder base, an advance lever instead of knob, and a combined viewfinder/rangefinder window, with an adjustable diopter magnification.

The Zorki-5 comes in two versions with 7 types.The first version with a square rangefinder window and Industar-50 both collapsible or rigid lens. The second version is very similar to the Zorki-6. With a round rangefinder window and Industar-50 f3.5/50mm lens. There are at least 2 different body coverings.

• Engravings on the back of the top plate: KMZ logo, serial no. and СДЕЛАНО В СССР ( = SDELANO V SSSR = MADE IN USSR)
• Lens: "Tessar"-type KMZ Industar-50 (ИНДУСТАР) 50mm f/ 3.5 collapsible or rigid.
• Mount: M39 screw mount, filter slip-on.
• Lens release: simply screw anti-clockwise.
• Aperture: f/3.5-f/16, no click stops
• Focus range: 1-20m +inf
• Focusing: coincident rangefinder image focusing. Collapsible lenses have a focusing tab and scale on the focusing helical of the lens. Depth of Field scale; Focusing lever locks on infinity
• Shutter: horizontal travelling focal plane, rubberized cloth double cloth curtain; Speeds: 1/30-1/500 +B; setting: dial on the top plate, lift and turn.
• The shutter dial may be safely shifted to other values even if the shutter isn't cocked. This won't damage the mechanism of the Zorki-5 or any other Zorki without slow speed controls. A secondary dial within the dial itself has an index mark which can be used to reference the set speed.
• Shutter release: located on the cocking lever knob.
• Cocking lever: also winds the film, with a long throw, wide-arc stroke, on the right of the top plate.
• Frame counter: on the cocking lever knob, additive type, manual reset.
• Winding is more positive and shutter cocking will be less prone to error if two or more shorter strokes are made, instead of a single long throw stroke. Two shorter strokes are also easier for the hand than the long throw arc required to fully wind the Zorki-5/6 shutters.
• Viewfinder: coupled rangefinder/ viewfinder, blue rangefinder images, orange glass, very bright.
• Diopter adjustment lever: beneath the re-wind knob
• Rewind release: via a small knob beside the shutter speeds dial
• Flash PC sockets: two, bulb and X, on the left side of the top plate
• Others: Cold-shoe; Memory dial; Tripod socket: 3/8"; Strap lugs
• Film loading: bottom loading like old Leicas, it is necessary to cut the film tongue to make it longer; Bottom plate opens by a pop-up lever on it
• Engravings around the opening ring: 3aKP - ОTKP (= Zakr - Otkr = Close - Open). ОTKP is an abbreviation for ОТКРЫТЫЙ
• Special take up-spool, removable
• Body: metal; Weight: 604g
• Serial no. first two digits correspond to the production year

Fonte: Camerapedia

Modelo

PM1930. Camera identical to PM1920, but with new design of shutter release knob already. Less than 25000 copies released in 1958. An earliest so far known camera has s/n #5812027 (eBay 2012).

Fonte: Sovietcams

A minha tem o n.º de série 5821545 e a lente é uma Industar 61 2.8/52mm de 1971 com o n.º de série 7105315

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Vídeos

Amostras

Zorki 5 amostra 1

Zorki 5 amostra 2

Zorki 5 amostra 3

Rolo usado

Kodak ColorPlus 200 135/24

Zorki 4 (1956-1973)

Zorki 4

Esta fotografia é do exemplar que possuo.

Características

The Zorki-4 was the first of the Zorki cameras to be exported in mass to the west and beyond. Usually this camera came with a Industar-50 lens and in some cases with the Jupiter-8 lens. The first Zorki-4's were engraved, but this changed very quickly. Later versions of the 4 had painted on letters. Usually Zorki-4 has the cyrillic markings but it can also be found with roman letters.

Produced: 1956-1973
Name: „ЗОРКИЙ-4“
Producer: KMZ
Frame Size: 24X36.
Lens: Jupiter-8 2/50.
Shutter: 1-1/30S, 1/60S, 1/125S, 1/250S, 1/500S, 1/1000S + B.
Quantity: 1.715.677 UNITS.

Fonte: Sovietcams.com

he Zorki 4 was possibly the most popular of all Zorki cameras, with 1,715,677 cameras made by the KMZ factory in Krasnogorsk, Russia. The Zorki 4 was also the first of the Zorki cameras to be exported in large numbers to the west. It is a fully manual camera, and does not have a lightmeter. An additional lightmeter may be added by the hot shoe.

When the Zorki 4 rangefinder was introduced in 1956, its contemporaries included the Zorki S, Zorki 2S, FED 2b, Leica M3 (introduced two years before), Leica IIIg, Nikon S2, Canon VT, and Canon L1. The Zorki 4's production run outlasted all of them. When it morphed into the Zorki 4K by 1973, its contemporaries included the FED 4b, Leica M4 and M5, Nikon F2, and Canon F-1 and Canon Canonet QL 17 GIII.

The Zorki 4 is basically a Zorki 3S with a self timer. It retained all of the features and strong points of the 3S. The early bodies have a vulcanite body covering, engraved shutter speeds, and strap lugs. Later bodies have fabric covering and the shutter speeds (1/60 and 1/30 instead of 1/50 and 1/25) are silk-screened. By the mid-1960s, the strap lugs had disappeared.

Variants

The Zorki 4 came in 2 variants the original which uses a thumb wheel to advance to film and cock the shutter. The Zorki 4k included a wind lever for easier operation.

Operation

The Zorki 4 came in 2 variants the original which uses a thumb wheel to advance to film and cock the shutter. The Zorki 4k included a wind lever for easier operation.

Fonte: Wikipedia

Zorki-4 is a 35 mm rangefinder camera, manufactured by Krasnogorsky Mekhanichesky Zavod (KMZ) , (Красногорский механический завод = Mechanical Factory of Krasnogorsk), near Moscow, former USSR and produced between 1956-73, quantity 1715677. ЗОРКИЙ = Zorkiy, means Sharp Sight. Zorki-4 was possibly the most popular of all Zorki cameras. The Zorki-4 was also the first of the Zorki cameras to be exported in large numbers to the west.

When the Zorki-4 rangefinder was introduced in 1956, its contemporaries included the Zorki S, Zorki 2S, FED 2b, Leica M3 (introduced two years before), Leica IIIg, Nikon S2, Canon VT, Canon L1. The Zorki 4's production run outlasted all of them. When it morphed into the Zorki-4K by 1973, its contemporaries included the FED 4b, Leica M4 and M5, Nikon F2, and Canon F-1 and Canon Canonet QL 17 GIII.

The Zorki-4 is basically a Zorki-3S with a self-timer. It retained all of the features and strong points of the 3S. The early bodies have vulcanite body covering, engraved shutter speeds - 1s, 1/5, 1/10, 1/25, 1/50, 1/100, 1/250, 1/500, 1/1000 +B - and strap lugs. Later bodies (post ~1965) have fabric covering and the more modern base 2 logarithmic shutter speed progression: 1s, 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, 1/15, 1/30, 1/60, 1/125, 1/250, 1/500, 1/1000 and the figures are silk-screened. By the mid-sixties, the strap lugs had disappeared.

There are at least 32 types/versions of the Zoki-4 or as to Aidas Pikiotas there are 4 versions and 13 types.

Specifications

• Lens: Zorki-4 was supplied with either a Jupiter-8 (ЮПИТЕР) 50mm f/2, or Industar-50 (ИНДУСТАР) 50mm f/3.5 lens; several other lenses were available. The lens is interchangeable, M39 screw mount
• Focusing: Matching yellow rangefinder images in the finder, ring and scale on the lens, w/DOF scale
• Shutter: Horizontal travelling focal plane, rubberized silk double cloth curtain, speeds: 1-1/1000 +B, setting dial on the top plate, lift and turn
• Viewfinder: Coupled viewfinder/rangefinder, large and bright; Diopter adjustment lever: beneath the re-wind knob
• Take-up spool: special, not captive, there is a small pin for attaching the film perforates on it
• Engravings on the back of the top plate: KMZ logo and the serial number
• Body: Metallic, cast aluminum; Weight: 687g
• Serial no. first two digits correspond to the production year
• As with other Soviet-era rangefinders, the shutter speed selector rotates when the shutter is released, and should not be changed until after the shutter has been cocked. If you change the shutter speed without cocking the shutter first, the setting pin can be broken when you advance the film and cock the shutter.

Fonte: Camerapedia

Modelo
PM1875

The latest known version of the export zorki-4 camera. Smaller viewfinder's window (18mm x 12.5mm or 0.7'' x 0.5''). "Made in USRR" markings silkscreened on the rear plate. May be fitted with black jupiter-8 lens.

Fonte: Sovietcams.com

A minha tem o nº de série 70002324 (logo, produzida em 1970) e veio acompanhada de uma lente Industar 61 L/D (M39 mount).

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